Monthly Archives: January 2010

Open Access News to Focus on OATP

Posted on January 18, 2010 by openedblogger | Leave a comment

Peter Suber at Open Access News has a new post announcing the departure of Gavin Baker. Baker has been great blogger to follow and has provided over 60 links for OEN stories. OEN is greatly indebted to him for his work. Suber announces in a second post that Open Access News will be reducing its posts in favor of OATP. There will still be new posts at Open Access News, but not with the same frequency it has in the past. OEN encourages readers to tag new developments in open access (more information on the OATP site), so they can be added to the aggregation.

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Tagged higher education, journal, library, OATP, open access, openness, thank you

Italy Proposing Stricter Rules on Uploads

Posted on January 18, 2010 by openedblogger | Leave a comment

Philip Willan at the San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that Italy is considering a new law mandating submission of video to the Communication Ministry prior to uploading on the Internet. Though the move is considered a political one, issues surrounding copyright have also been mentioned. From the article:

Alessandro Gilioli, who writes a blog on the Web site of the weekly magazine L’Espresso, said the decree was intended to squelch future competition for Mediaset, which was planning to move into IPTV and therefore had an interest in reducing the number of independent videos circulating on the Web.

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Tagged Internet, openness, policy

“The Holy Database of Dreams”

Posted on January 18, 2010 by openedblogger | Leave a comment

Alan Levine has a new post on repositories. Levine notes that for all the effort behind creating the ultimate repository, it has yet to be achieved. From the post:

So we do not need to come up with a single place for educators to put things- let them use anything they can use, blog, wiki, posterous, google site, heck even FrontPage, but create educational content, share it for re-use- but get content out there in the free and open space, and let it be indexed. Don’t lock it inside walls, don;t [sic] take it down after the class ends.

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Tagged e-learning, higher education, library, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, openness

Copyrighting Tweets

Posted on January 18, 2010 by openedblogger | 1 Comment

Kyle-Beth Hilfer at Law.com has a new post on the legal issues surrounding copyrighting tweets. From the post:

If, however, there were a hypothetical tweet that was sufficiently creative and original to warrant copyright protection, the next question is how would the tweeter protect it? While the copyright could exist from the moment the writing is fixed on the server, it takes a registration to enforce such a copyright and prevent third-party use.

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Posted in Open Education

Tagged copy right, copyright, Internet, open content, openness

Education Word of the Day

Posted on January 18, 2010 by openedblogger | Leave a comment

Scott Leslie has a new post on creating a Twitter account that defines one word relating to education per day. From the post:

So I decided to set up a new account, eduWOTD, through which to post a vaguely education-related word, definition, and link, each work day. I say “vaguely” because to me, it is difficult to think about education, learning or teaching without also thinking about psychology, philosophy of mind, theories of knowledge and all sorts of things that impact how we approach education.

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Tagged e-learning, education, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education

Open Content Listed as Trend in Horizon Report

Posted on January 15, 2010 by openedblogger | Leave a comment

The newest Horizon report is now available. Open content was listed as an upcoming trend in the next year. While the recognition is welcome for open content supporters, some might note that the trend has been emerging for some time. From the report:

Many believe that reward structures that support the sharing of work in progress, ongoing research, highly collaborative projects, and a broad view of what constitutes scholarly publication are key challenges that institutions need to solve. Also to be addressed are reputation systems, peer review processes, and new models for citation of the new forms of content that are likely outgrowths of open content initiatives.

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Tagged e-learning, higher education, Internet, ocw, oer, online learning, open content, Open Education

Using CC Pictures Without a Link

Posted on January 15, 2010 by openedblogger | Leave a comment

Alan Levine has a new post about using photos with a Creative Commons license without a link to the original source. From the post:

So once something is released into Creative Commons, it is there forever under the terms you originally got it, even if the original goes away, or the owner changes their mind. The only “termination” is if the user (me) does something to breach the terms of the license…

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Tagged cc, CC licenses, commons, copy right, copyright, creative commons, open content

Correctly Using Creative Commons

Posted on January 15, 2010 by openedblogger | Leave a comment

Chris Folsom at Digital Photography School has posted on how to correctly license photos using Creative Commons. Jonathan Bailey at PlagiarismToday has new post on using Creative Commons more broadly. From Folsom’s post:

Regardless of my licensing, I still have photos shown in galleries and still sell prints and books containing my images. In actuality, I credit much of my success in photography to Creative Commons as it has increased my exposure and thus brought in new viewers and potential clients. I genuinely believe that if you do good work and your work is seen by enough people, the opportunities to make money will follow.

Read more: http://digital-photography-school.com/an-introduction-to-creative-commons-licensing-for-your-photographs#ixzz0chXLnjBC

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Tagged cc, CC licenses, commons, copy right, copyright, creative commons, oer, open content

WikiWars Conference Recap

Posted on January 15, 2010 by openedblogger | Leave a comment

Stian Haklev has aggregated the tweets from WikiWars conference. From the post:

I am just back from Bangalore, where I had the good fortune to participate in the Critical Point of View: WikiWars conference – a critical reflection on Wikipedia from a number of point of views.

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Tagged conference, oer, open content, Open Education, Wikipedia